Andrew McKendry

Dr. Andrew McKendry is an Associate Professor of English Literature at Nord University, leading the Humanities, Education & Culture Research Group. He holds a PhD from Queen’s University (Canada) and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Yale and McMaster Universities. His research focuses on 17th- and 18th-century British literature, particularly disability studies, religious dissent, and the conceptual history of justice. He teaches courses on environmental catastrophe, literary theory, and British literature. Key publications include Disavowing Disability (Cambridge, 2021) and numerous articles in journals like Eighteenth-Century Studies and Studies in Romanticism. Awards include the Maximillian E. Novak Prize and Canada Banting Fellowship. He supervises graduate students in English literature and teacher education programs.

• Education: PhD (Queen’s University, 2013), MA & BA (Western University, 2008/2007)
• Research: Examines Protestant dissent, disability in early modern thought, and environmental humanities. Leads research groups and chairs international conferences.
• Teaching: Courses include Literature and Environmental Catastrophe, Research and Writing, and British/American studies for teacher education.
• Grants: Recipient of SEA-EU and SSHRC grants for projects on energy transition and toleration narratives.
• Outreach: Co-founded the Bodø Literature Club for middle-school pupils and organizes public seminars on literature and crisis.

His interdisciplinary work bridges literary analysis with pedagogy and public engagement, emphasizing slow reading and critical disability studies. Ongoing projects explore meritocracy’s origins and climate change’s representation in early modern texts.